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212 Neuron C Tools Stand-Alone Use
Stand-Alone Tools
The Neuron C tools listed in Table 15 can be used stand-alone , meaning outside
the integrated development environment, using the command prompt or
command window only.
Table 15. Stand-Alone Tools
Description Tool Name
Neuron Assembler NAS
Neuron C Compiler NCC
Neuron Exporter NEX
Neuron Librarian NLIB
Neuron Linker NLD
Project Make PMK
All of the NodeBuilder stand-alone tools share a common command-line
technology, and thus have several aspects of use in common. These common
aspects are described in the following section, Common Stand-Alone Tool Use .
The sections following later in this appendix briefly introduce each of the tools
listed above.
Note: Users of the NodeBuilder Development Tool should not generally use the
command line tools, with the exception of the Neuron Librarian and the Project
Make Utility. The reason is that the build tools should be controlled by the
Project Make Utility, pmk.exe. Not only does this utility manage the build
process (it minimizes the number of build steps required), it also takes care of
program ID management tasks and automatic boot ID processing. You must
otherwise take care of these two important duties manually. See the
NodeBuilder FX User's Guide for more details about the Project Make Utility .
Common Stand-Alone Tool Use
All stand-alone tools share a set of common syntax and common basic commands.
Common Syntax
If no command switches or arguments follow the name of the tool, the tool
responds with usage hints.
Example:
C:\>NAS
Tool responds:
Neuron Assembler, version 5.00.21, build 0
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